Using gdb to user space program
vbhadra@ubuntu:~$ sudo gdb ./netlinkUser
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Reading symbols from ./netlinkUser...done.
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(gdb) b mlme_scan_validate_add_scan_req
Breakpoint 1 at 0x400fef: file netlinkUser.c, line 55.

(gdb) r
Starting program: /home/vbhadra/repos/java-linux3/drivers/scsc/drivers/misc/samsung/scsc/netlinkUser
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 0x7ffff72cc700 (LWP 2466)]
[Switching to Thread 0x7ffff72cc700 (LWP 2466)]

Breakpoint 1, mlme_scan_validate_add_scan_req (req=0x7ffff0005124)
at netlinkUser.c:55
55 debug(“requested scan_id = 0x%x\n”, req->scan_id);
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(gdb) list
50 /*
51 * See description in mlme_scan/mlme_scan_param_set.h
52 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
53 bool mlme_scan_validate_add_scan_req(const MlmeAddScan_request *req)
54 {
55 debug("requested scan_id = 0x%x\n", req->scan_id);
56 if ((req->common.source & PROCESSOR_HOST) == PROCESSOR_HOST) {
57 if (req->scan_id < MLME_SCAN_MIN_HOST_SCAN_ID) { 58 //fault(fault_mlme_scan, fault_scan_verification_scan_id_invalid); 59 log_err("scan verification: Invalid scan_id = 0x%x\n", req->scan_id);
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To see the memory layout of a structure MlmeAddScan_request
1. Find out the size of the structure with sizeof
(gdb) p sizeof(MlmeAddScan_request)
$3 = 32

2. Check the address of the pointer pointing to the structure MlmeAddScan_request
Here the req pointer is pointing to the address of type MlmeAddScan_request.
(gdb) p req
$2 = (const MlmeAddScan_request *) 0x7ffff000a174
So 0x7ffff000a174 is the address of the structure MlmeAddScan_request in this case.

3. Use x command to see the memory layout
(gdb) x/32 0x7ffff000a174
0x7ffff000a174: 0x00000000 0x00000205 0x0000c00c 0x00000000
0x7ffff000a184: 0x00fa0100 0x000000fa 0x3322110f 0x00000000
0x7ffff000a194: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x7ffff000a1a4: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x7ffff000a1b4: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x7ffff000a1c4: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x7ffff000a1d4: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x7ffff000a1e4: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

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